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New
York, March 17, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a five-year jail term given today to Tofiq Yaqublu, an Azerbaijani journalist
with the opposition daily Yeni Musavat, and calls on authorities to
overturn the verdict on appeal. Yaqublu, who was convicted of "organizing
mass disorder," was arrested in January 2013
in connection with anti-government protests in the town of Ismayilli. He was
covering the protests at the time of his arrest, his colleagues said. The
journalist is appealing the verdict.

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New York, February 6, 2013--Azerbaijani authorities should
drop charges of organizing mass disorder against Tofiq Yaqublu, a columnist for
leading opposition daily Yeni Musavat,
and immediately release him from jail, the Committee to Protect Journalists
said today.